Lot 268

W.H. Jackson Photographs of Pawnee Braves

Four albumen photographs of Pawnee braves printed by William Henry Jackson, identified in pencil on verso as 572 Pawnee Pappooses; 576 Particular to the time of day - Pawnee; 582 Fox - Pawnee; and 588 Young Pawnee Brave, from the Hayden Survey, 1872, 7.75 x 9.5 in. overall, on U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Hayden Expedition mount, 11 x 14.5 in.

Condition:

Some light spotting to photographs and mount; edgewear to mount; small horizontal tear along middle left edge of mount; with small A. Wilson Embrey III sticker attached to verso of mount.

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2pp, 9.2 x 15 in. Folded with integral leaf sealed with wax. Thought to have been the copy retained by Esek Hopkins as the Commander in Chief of the Navy, as the leaf was addressed to him at Providence.
From the earliest days of the emerging nation, the founders and military leaders argued the me...
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Carte de visite of brothers Cyrus T. Bachelder (1831-1871) and Melvin C. Bachelder from Bridgeport, CT, who served in Company D, 17th Connecticut, pencil identified on verso without back mark. A fine view showing Melvin (L) with his hand resting on Cyrus' shoulder. Both men are wearing recently issu...
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Lot of 3 autographed cartes, including: Gardner view of Brigadier General Andrew J. Alexander of the US Army 3rd Cavalry, signed on mount recto; Brady carte of Brigadier General Alanson Merwin Randol, autographed below image as Colonel of the 2nd New York Cavalry. Randol also served with the famed U...
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Kenton Harper. ALS as Colonel, 1p, 7.25 x 9.25 in. July 22, 1861. Harper writes to Commanding General P.G.T. Beauregard seeking permission to send his wounded men from the 5th Virginia Regiment that had their residence in Staunton (also Harper's hometown ) to be sent thither, at once, ...
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Lot of 3 letters, dated November 27 (10pp), December 2 (4pp), and December 8, 1862 (11pp). Each features an illustration of a Civil War battle.
Joseph P. Vannest was a private in Co. F, 120th Ohio Infantry. In this small, but interesting group ...
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Unsigned, but identified as Lake Aetlin, Alaska on frame backing, actually meaning Atlin Lake, British Colombia/Yukon Territory, just east of the Alaska panhandle and the site of some of the richest deposits found during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898-1899. 6.25 x 8.25 in. plate, housed in original ...
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The Myriopticon, A Historical Panorama of the Rebellion, published by Milton Bradley & Co., Springfield, MA. The box measures 5.25 x 8.5 x 2.5 in. high, containing another box meant to look like a stage theater, with a reel of 22 printed, hand-painted scenes from the war that scroll by (full len...
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Partially printed, colorful honorable service broadside presented to Frank H. Langley by the Old First Virginia Infantry Association. The document states that Langley served as Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, and Lieutenant Colonel in the "Old First." Langley served from April 21, 1861, until ...
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Carte de visite of William Hopkins Morris, with A. Liebert & Co., Paris backmark, signed on verso, Wm. H. Morris/Brig Genl/ 6th Corps/ A of P.
Morris (1827-1900) patented a repeating carbine in 1859 and actively promoted its use in the military.
In September, he was made colonel o...
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Manuscript document issued by John Rutherford, Captain, 3.75 x 6.25 in. Fort Cumberland, 1755. Document requesting pay for a teamster by the name of Enoch Ziggler who was in General Edward Braddock's Expedition against Fort Duquesne. Perfect for display. The document states, in part:&n...
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Alexander Gardner, Washington, DC, CDV of Marsena Rudolph Patrick, signed on verso.
Patrick (1811-1888), served in the Seminole War and the Mexican War, then resigned to take up scientific farming. He was inspector general of the state of New York until March 1862, when he became a brigadi...
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Quarter plate daguerreotype of California pioneer Nathaniel Miller (1815-1896). Miller wears a fringed buckskin jacket with a large knife tucked in his belt and a percussion rifle slung over his shoulder.
Miller's obituary in the Dec. 24, 1896, edition of the New York Times, states that the New Y...
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A striking, sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of an aged, unidentified Iroquois Indian wearing a cravat, vest, and coat that was likely made of red broadcloth. Housed in full, pressed paper case, with newspaper clipping lining area behind plate, which notes the year 1844.
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Albumen photograph, 6.75 x 9 in., mounted, 13 x 17.75 in. From Gardner's Incidents of the War. Negative by T.H.O. Sullivan, positive by and copyright of Alexander Gardner, 1865. Originally produced in July 1863, this example was published after the war as Plate...
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